2025 10 News

17 Oct 2025

• Planet Labs wins $12.8 million NGA contract for maritime intelligence in Asia-Pacific
• Europe outlines defense flagship programs and confirms European Space Shield by 2026
• German launch startup HyImpulse raises 45 million euros
• First Ariane 64 launch slips to 2026
• Orion spacecraft arrives at VAB ahead of stacking for Artemis 2
• NASA’s next Moonship reaches last stop before launch pad
• Rocket Report: China launches with no advance warning; Europe’s drone ship

16 Oct 2025

• iRocket turns to missiles to fuel reusable launcher ambitions
• ‘Space Armor’ to challenge traditional metal shielding on satellites
• Axiom Space replaces CEO
• SpaceX launches 21 Lockheed Martin satellites for ‘Transport Layer’ military network
• SpaceX has plans to launch Falcon Heavy from California—if anyone wants it to

15 Oct 2025

• Beyond Gravity plans US push after fivefold boost in European solar mechanism output
• Polish space company Scanway Space secures U.S., European deals amid international expansion drive
• Announcing the finalists for the 2025 SpaceNews Icon Awards
• Live coverage: Overnight launch planned for 28 more Starlink satellites
• Once unthinkable, NASA and Lockheed now consider launching Orion on other rockets

14 Oct 2025

• Viasat and Space42’s D2D joint venture finds first mobile partner in UAE
• K2 Space announces plans for three-orbit demonstration mission
• Impulse Space announces lunar lander plans
• Space Pioneer raises $350 million as China’s commercial launch boom accelerates
• Announcing the finalists for the 2025 SpaceNews Icon Awards
• Rocket Lab launches 7th StriX Earth observation satellites for Japan-based Synspective
• SpaceX launches final Version 2 Starship-Super Heavy rocket
• SpaceX finally got exactly what it needed from Starship V2

13 Oct 2025

• More layoffs at JPL
• Momentus and Solstar to offer communications, transportation and infrastructure in low-Earth orbit
• JAXA to launch tech demo satellites on Electron rockets
• Live coverage: SpaceX poised to launch 24 Amazon Kuiper satellites following days of weather delays
• Hans Koenigsmann, who investigated all of SpaceX’s rocket failures, is going to space
• Starship’s elementary era ends today with mega-rocket’s 11th test flight

11 Oct 2025

• French space defense startup Dark ceases operations
• Huge commercial Chinese solid rocket launches 3 satellites from barge in the Yellow Sea

10 Oct 2025

• Planet announces new line of satellites for daily Earth imaging
• New Zealand charts continued growth of its space industry
• Putin OKs plan to turn Russian spacecraft into flying billboards
• Rocket Report: Bezos’ firm will package satellites for launch; Starship on deck

09 Oct 2025

• Momentus wins two NASA contracts to fly tech demo payloads
• SpaceX delays launching Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites amid backdrop of poor weather
• We’re about to find many more interstellar interlopers—here’s how to visit one

08 Oct 2025

• Blue Origin flies sixth crewed New Shepard flight of 2025
• Space Force sets up ‘working capital fund’ for commercial space services
• AST SpaceMobile gains Verizon ally amid SpaceX’s direct-to-device push
• Space Force taps Muon’s wildfire monitoring satellites for weather imaging
• Space infrastructure investments surge to five-quarter high
• Sateliot hails standards-based IoT connection from LEO to a commercial device
• Actually, we are going to tell you the odds of recovering New Glenn’s second launch

07 Oct 2025

• Blue Origin wins $78.2 million contract to expand satellite processing infrastructure at Cape Canaveral
• Senators spar over plans to move shuttle Discovery
• Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB

06 Oct 2025

• Cubic targets military satcom market with ‘Vector’ terminals
• EchoStar clears key regulatory step for spectrum sale to SpaceX
• Live coverage: SpaceX to launch Falcon 9 rocket on 90th Starlink mission of 2025
• Elon Musk tries to make Apple and mobile carriers regret choosing Starlink rivals

05 Oct 2025

• ESA inaugurates new deep space antenna in Australia

04 Oct 2025

• SpaceX lands majority of U.S. national security launches awarded for fiscal year 2026
• Gilmour Space plans return to flight next year
• SpaceX to launch 4 Falcon Heavy rockets as part of newest U.S. national security missions award
• Pentagon contract figures show ULA’s Vulcan rocket is getting more expensive

03 Oct 2025

• EchoStar clears key regulatory step for spectrum sale to SpaceX
• Starlab partners unveil full-scale mockup of commercial space station
• China and U.S. take initial steps toward space-traffic coordination
• Removing these 50 objects from orbit would cut danger from space junk in half
• Rocket Report: Alpha explodes on test stand; Europe wants a mini Starship

02 Oct 2025

• Preparations on track for second New Glenn launch
• University of Western Australia unveils optical ground network
• How America fell behind China in the lunar space race—and how it can catch back up

01 Oct 2025

• What Germany’s $41B investment in space could mean for Europe
• Maxar retires its name, rebrands as Vantor and Lanteris
• Maldives plots $50 million fund for sovereign space capabilities
• Synspective purchases 10 additional Electron launches
• Australia and UK extend Space Bridge partnership
• Report argues NASA is illegally using President’s Budget Request to circumvent Congress’ budgeting process
• ViaSat-3 F2 satellite arrives in Florida ahead of late October launch
• In their own words: The Artemis II crew on the frenetic first hours of their flight